Jean Dréville
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Jean Dréville was a prolific French film director whose career spanned from the late 1920s to the late 1960s. Initially trained in advertising design and photography, he began his cinematic journey by publishing articles in film sections of newspapers like L'Intransigeant and Comœdia. Dréville directed his first film, Autour de L'Argent (1928), a documentary on the making of Marcel L'Herbier's L'Argent. His notable works include A Cage of Nightingales (1945), which inspired the 2004 film The Chorus, and The Battle of the Rails (1946), a realistic portrayal of French railway workers' resistance during World War II. Dréville's films are recognized for their narrative clarity and humanistic approach.
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Lafayette (1962)
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Queen Margot (1954)
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The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
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Tornavara (1943)
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Tainted (1946)
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A Cage of Nightingales (1945)
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Les Cadets de l'océan (1945)
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Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water (1948)
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The Girl with the Whip (1952)
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Endless Horizons (1953)
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Return to Life (1949)
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The Sleeping Sentinel (1966)
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Annette and the Blonde Woman (1942)
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The Chess Player (1938)
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Intermediate Landing in Paris (1955)
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White Nights in Saint Petersburg (1938)
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Troïka sur la piste blanche (1937)
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Physiopolis (1930)
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Nights of Farewell (1965)
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Business Is Business (1942)
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The Suspects (1957)
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Das Geheimnis vom Bergsee (1952)
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Carbon Copy (1947)
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Hanged Man's Farm (1945)
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His Uncle from Normandy (1939)
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The Spice of Life (1948)
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Normandy - Neman (1960)
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The Lady and the Gipsy (1958)
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President Haudecoeur (1940)
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A Dog, A Mouse and a Sputnik (1958)
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A Man and His Woman (1934)
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The Big Meeting (1950)
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Touche-à-tout (1935)
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Les Petites Alliées (1936)
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Coup de vent (1936)
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Mama Hummingbird (1937)
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The Roquevillards (1943)
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Creosote (1932)
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Trois pour cent (1934)
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Candy Apple (1932)
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Autour de l'argent (1929)
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